Union suit



March 10. 1925- J. w. GODBEHERE UNION S Pa elled Mar-.10, 1925.

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HOT SPRINGS 'NATIONAL PARK, ARKANSAS.

UNION SUIT.

. Application fled 1mm 11,1923. Serial No. 025,815.

To all whom it may comeqn:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. Gonsnmn, a citizen of the'United States,residing at Hot Springs National Park, in the county of -Garland andState of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements inUnion Suits, of whichthef ollowingdis-a specification.

y invention relates to an improvement in union suits for men, women andchildren.

' The object is to provide an article as 'the name implies, of suchconstruction that it gives I without severe. strain which ordinarilyresults in pulling of buttons or tearing ofi button holes if notactually ripping or tearing the garment.

This invention includes a a dro seat, the upper edge of which is supportadjusted, eld in position and. fastened by bands that go around thewaist and button in front, thus givin the garment plenty .of playwithout bin in upon the body, inother words, automatica 1y ad- :6justing' itself to the body.

In the accompanying drawings, 1

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective, and

Figs. 2 and 3 are details.

A represents a ends of the side slits 2 approximately to the region ofthe waist-line somewhat overlap-. ping the lower edge 3 of the back 4 ofthe garment, with a binding 36 upper edge of the drop seat.

Bands and preferably double bands 6 and 7 extend from opposite ends ofthis binding 5 through loops 8 at the side seams of the garment throughwhich they have loose 'ding movement giving play and freedom of actionand they terminate in pads 9 and '10, one'o of which three are readilywiththe bending of the bodygarment having garment and 1 the drop 0 seat,the.- latter extending from the lower 5 preferably at the which isprovided with a button 11 and the other with several button holes 12shown wherebyto adjust it the size of the waist and easily secure theends of the bands detachably together.

By the double hands a sto is formed to prevent the bands from pulli outwhen the drop seat is lowered as mig t otherwise happen, especiallywhere the bands do not have to be very long for either a ehild or aslender person.

This leaves a smooth buttonless drop seat ,easily raised or lowered andwhich can be drawn about the .waist just as tight as required and asingle button at the front holds it in place in cooperation with theloops and the double straps slidable therethrough. v In this way thegarment adjusts itself automatically to the movements of the body and in'stooping down the sidepieces allow plenty of play so that there isnostrain on the garment as there usually is on garments that are now onthe market.

The garment is easily made, is of few parts and is comfortable to wearand easy and simple-to operate and adjust,'and inthis form obviates in asimple way uliar garments of this general type hit erto in use.

I claim: g An undergarment having a dro seat, double loops fastened tothe sides of t e garment, and double bands extending from the upperportion of the drop seat slidably through the loops to the front of thegarment, the front free ends of the bands bein connected by pads whichcarry means f r fastening the two double bands together, said pads alsoserving as stops for preventing the bands froming pulled entirely athrough the double loops. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN W. GODBEHERE,

